Posts tagged Sonoma Coast

K&L's Best-Selling Wines of 2026: The Summer Edit

What do K&L customers actually drink? This is it. The twenty wines that outsold everything else in the first half of 2026 — from a $9.99 Vinho Verde to a 2006 Santa Cruz Mountains library Cabernet — ranked by bottles sold, with no scores and no spin. Alongside them: ten July staff picks including the second wine of Sassicaia and a $17.99 Crémant that drinks well above its price, plus eight summer whites and rosés every one under $35. Fifty years in, this is still the best list we publish.

A Trip to the Ultra-Cool California Coast: A Buyer’s Guide to Cool-Climate Wines

One of the biggest misunderstandings about domestic wine—California wine especially—is that all the wines are big and fruity because California is a sunny, hot place to grow grapes. I hear time and again that people prefer “Old World” wines because California is too hot and the wines are all too big and high in alcohol. Now, apologies in advance if that’s your take on things, but it’s just plain wrong.

California Wine, Wine NewsletterRyan WoodhouseJuly 2, 2026K&L Wine MerchantsCool-Climate California, Sonoma Coast, Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains, California Chardonnay, California Pinot Noir, Ryan Woodhouse, Coastal California, West Sonoma Coast, RAEN, Cobb, The Hilt

Six Domestic Rosés Worth the Fuss This Summer

K&L Redwood City Tasting Bar Manager Aaron Hughes rounds up his favorite 2025 California and Oregon rosés, from a $14.95 Willamette Valley crusher to top-tier Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir rosé from Flowers and Marine Layer. All dry, all delicious, all worth your attention this season.

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